1960 World Series

Little tight, the ball one.

Mazeroski, of course, is best known for the home run that he hit in the bottom half of the ninth inning against the New York Yankees right here at Forbes Field in the seventh game of the 1960 World Series to give the Pirates the World Championship.

That pitch is low on a short hop.

Choo Choo blocks it, can't find it, now does.

Neal in on the edge of the grass at third.

Breaking ball is right in there for a called strike one to Bill Virdon.

Remember some of the defensive plays he pulled in the 1960 World Series? Well, he's been pulling them day in and day out out there in center field for the Pirates for a long time.

Bill Virdon.

Now, both ball clubs messed up a bit, and really nobody got hurt on it, although the Expos lost a double play Cash takes a pitch up high, ball one.

That play was similar to the 1960 World Series when Rocky Nelson took a force away on that ball hit by Berra.

He tagged first and looked around to second base, and here comes Mantle sliding across in there.

Fastball inside on Cash, the count two and 0.

Where do you pitch them? Where do you play them? Should Willie Stars will get hot? Well, the Orioles are going to have to score an awful lot of runs in this World Series.

My personal prediction, and maybe I'm looking back to history, the 1960 World Series, which our Yankees were a part of, I think it's going to be Pittsburgh in seven games.

Let's go back upstairs.

Brave prediction there, Mr. Kubik, and we'll see how it all comes out.

Oh-O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave [crowd cheering]

Jill Corey Hope, the widow of the late Don Hope, who played for the Pirates here in the 1960 World Series.

The umpires are at home plate, and now we're going to have the ceremonial first pitch for game five.

The honor goes [crowd cheering] to Warren Giles, a former president of the National League, and Phil Patton, the president of the Minor Leagues of Baseball.

All ready to go.

Game number two of the 1960 World Series.

Tony Kubik steps in.

He's hitting an even 600 on the year.

Yankees five, Pirates one.

Bottom of the fifth inning.

Game two of the 1960 World Series from Forbes Field, Pittsburgh.

McDougal, Kubek, Richardson, and Skowron are on the Yankee infield.

Mazeroski, the batter, hitting .293, playing second base from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

And every time I'm with you, Tony, and I see Mazeroski, I can only think of the 1960 World Series.

Well, it had to be done.

I'm glad it was another pollock that hit that home run to beat it.